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According to a report by the Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit, the number of players, license holders, and player channeling did not change in the second half of 2025 compared to the prior six months. The amount of funds spent on unlicensed gaming, however, has drawn criticism.
The gross gaming revenue for the second half of 2025 was €602 million, a small €2 million increase from the previous half. Monthly accounts used for wagering increased from 1,29 million to 1,38 million, which is a slight progress. According to the regulator, the surge was probably brought on by the implementation of a net deposit cap in October 2024, which limits the amount of money that players may wager per account without disclosing their income.
Disclosure of Stats
The number of players is less than the number of accounts since a single person may have many, for example, duplicate accounts. According to KSA estimations, in the second half of 2025, almost half a million people played each month. The stabilization rate was consistent since, according to the regulators’ estimations, 91% of the Dutch gamblers only used legal providers; however, when it came to financial channeling, the number slightly dropped at 53%.
In accordance with the KSA, the recently introduced player protection regulations can possibly account for the decrease in channelling. Since preventative measures were implemented, the average player’s monthly loss has dropped; nonetheless, in comparison to the first half of 2025, it slightly increased in the second half of that year.
By the end of 2025, the average monthly loss per player was €124, compared to €117 at the start of the year. This accounts for the reality that players may not be active every month and play with multiple providers.
The Evaluation of the KSA Chairman
“Studies show that the global share of the illegal market is growing, and we see this in other European countries as well,” stated chair Michel Groothuizen in a blog post on the KSA website. This is influenced by a number of technological advancements (including artificial intelligence) and the phenomenon of cryptocurrency gambling.
“The various steps we have made to better protect players at legal providers, such as the previously mentioned established deposit restrictions, may potentially be the cause of this trend in the Netherlands. Although it wasn’t evident six months ago that establishing a deposit cap for each provider resulted in the formation of several accounts, we can now observe a minor increase in the number of accounts per player.”
The chairman also discussed the potential for legislative modifications to close the loophole in the deposit limit. “There is much enthusiasm in politics to combat the circumvention of provider-specific deposit limits by means of an overarching gambling limit,” he stated. As a result, switching between legal providers would stop. Naturally, this won’t prevent players from moving to illegal gaming.
Concerns about the number of young adults who gamble were also voiced by Groothuizen. Despite making up only 9.3% of the adult population, players between the ages of 18 and 24 accounted for 22% of the accounts used in the second half of 2025. However, their average monthly loss per player account used is lower when compared to adult players, at €34 as opposed to €73. Young adults wager on sports somewhat more than the whole player population.
Source: kansspelautoriteit.nl
